23 – Al-Kalbī said: She was the daughter of al-Aḥab b. Dabnaba and had once been the wife of ʿAbd Manāf b. Kaʿb b. Saʿd b. Taym b. Murrah. She addressed one of her sons, a young man called Khālid—who, ⦗71⦘ being rather headstrong, was prone to rashness—and warned him of the fate that had overtaken the Maqāyīs and the Banū al-Sabbāq:

[metre: al-Bahr al-Kāmil]
O cherished son, do no wrong in Mecca—
not to the lowly, nor to the great.
Guard its sanctities; and let not
the Great Deceiver beguile you about Allah.
My son, whoever commits injustice in Mecca
will meet the farthest reaches of evil.
Allah has made even its wild beasts secure,
and birds perch unharmed on Mount Thabir.
A Tubbaʿ once visited its people
and clothed the Sacred House in finest brocade.
But the Elephant destroyed his Ethiopian host—
they were pelted there with stones.
So heed, when you have had experience,
and grasp how all affairs eventually end.